Youth Peer Support Services (YPSS)
Engages young adults to work through challenges they face living with a disability, mental health or substance abuse disorder with peers who have struggled with similar experiences.
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Engages young adults to work through challenges they face living with a disability, mental health or substance abuse disorder with peers who have struggled with similar experiences.
Provides mental health counseling to individuals ages 6 years and older. Offers individual and family therapy services. Offers Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for adults as well as a free outreach program for residents of Albany County.
Offers counseling and support groups for adoption/post-adoptive, post-abortive individual and families. Provides additional classes for pregnancy and childbirth, parenting, child safety, and baby care.
Educational Home Visiting provides home visits conducted by trained family support workers to enhance parent-child interactions and promote positive child growth and development. Families are enrolled in services early in pregnancy or immediately after birth to assist in promoting a healthy pregnancy, labor and birth. Curriculum-based home visits provide parents with skills needed to raise […]
Provides supports to families of children with social, emotional or behavioral concerns. Provides social and recreational opportunities for youth who are isolated from others due to their challenging behaviors and offers educational opportunities and networking for all families and community members through a variety of workshops and parenting support groups.
Provides support, information and advocacy to Albany County families who are raising children with serious emotional disturbance. Providers are all parents of children (some who are grown) who have serious emotional disturbance and provide peer to peer support. Services include a bi-weekly support group, information and referral services, training for parents and for providers, social […]
Provides a program for families to help children who are at risk of placement or who are already in placement with a goal of uniting with their families. Clients are seen at least once a week in their home with a trauma-informed approach. Services can include but are not limited to parenting skill building; anger […]
Provides services for youth at high risk of out-of-home placement who will benefit from service coordination. A family worker provides support, linkage to service, advocacy, and direct care to services such as transportation, tutoring, and role-modeling.
Offers case management support to parents to assist with areas such as skill building, crisis management, parent education, budgeting, emotion regulation, time management, communication, and community linkages. Clients are seen at least once a week in their home with services that utilize a trauma informed approach.
Farming and outdoor Projects fosters a variety of experiences and skills while participants learn about farming, green industry skills, landscaping, and animal husbandry. In addition to the direct benefit of learning new skills, the participants learn the value of teamwork and they build their self esteem through the completion of long-term projects.